Unit 26: Ghost Towns of the American West

America celebrates it's independence on the 4th of July

• freedom from control

• religious beliefs

• summer

• birthday

My teacher said she couldn't read my scrawled notes

• carelessly written

• cursive

• social studies

• confusing

You can't blame me for the country's economic failure - I'm only 10!

• relating to money, goods and services

• relating to success

• relating to finding gold

• relating to science

The town was overrun by zombies!

• spread over

• chased

• destroyed

• abandoned

There is a vacant house on my block.

• unoccupied

• pretty

• expensive

• cheap

What caused ghost towns to happen?

• Miners needed to settle in a town.

• Cowboys needed to settle in a town.

• Workers in lumber camps needed to settle in a town.

• All of the above.

Which does not relate directly to ghost towns in America?

• "Seeking pay dirt, 'forty niners'... streamed into California."

• "Many lumber camps... enjoyed brief prosperity."

• "evidence of high adventure... and the sudden loss of fortune."

• "ghost towns can be found throughout the world."

Which is an accurate generalization to make from the story?

• People usually founded towns thinking they would last.

• All cowboy towns eventually became ghost towns.

• Only miners lived in the mining camps.

• Everyone thinks ghost towns are interesting places to visit.

Which of these events happened first at Sutter's Mill?

• Water to a mill is stopped

• Gold is discovered. .

• Squatters arrive, claiming land.

• The town became a ghost town.

Choose TWO reasons for why people moved to new towns on the western front.

• To get rich

• To become mayors of new towns.

• To find a better life.

• To build mansions in new places.